Translated by: ShawnSuh
Edited by: SootyOwl
Juho handed over the pages he had picked up one by one. They were all dirty and out of order. The man just stared at what was once his composition.
"It's trash."
"I went out of my way to pick it up."
"You can keep it then. I want nothing to do with it. I'm not writing anymore," he said
"I really gotta pull myself together. I'm getting older and I'm without a job. I should at least have some sort of license if I want to put food on the table… It's getting embarrassing to see my teacher now," he added as he teared up. The reality of giving up writing was causing him a great deal of pain.
"When you hang onto something for a decade, you eventually start to feel numb. You feel anxious and excited at first, but when it gets repeated, you start losing your confidence and your health. All you are left with is your mouth, making empty promises," he said with a sigh.